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Recent Examples of outcrop
Five friends traveled from Florida to be on a rock outcropping to witness the celestial event.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The environmental data is being collected at San Martin West over an outcropping copper-silver mineralization trend that has been mapped for over 2.3 km of strike including 5.8m at 3.1% copper and 65 g/t silver from surface (previously reported).
—Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
More than 200 Rangers fought vertically – up the sheer cliff face of Pointe du Hoc, a craggy outcropping overlooking the two American landing beaches – in an effort to capture what was thought to be a key location of German artillery.
—James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
The reefs that outcropped in Johannesburg extend deep underground, making up part of the Witwatersrand basin, a geological formation that stretches in an arc two hundred and fifty miles long.
—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The environmental data is being collected at San Martin West over an outcropping copper-silver mineralization trend that has been mapped for over 2.3 km of strike including 5.8m at 3.1% copper and 65 g/t silver from surface (previously reported).
—Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
More than 200 Rangers fought vertically – up the sheer cliff face of Pointe du Hoc, a craggy outcropping overlooking the two American landing beaches – in an effort to capture what was thought to be a key location of German artillery.
—James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
The reefs that outcropped in Johannesburg extend deep underground, making up part of the Witwatersrand basin, a geological formation that stretches in an arc two hundred and fifty miles long.
—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcrop
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Other names could surface before the Vikings go to training camp in late July.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The new round of revocations comes as reports surfaced that Biden is looking to reenter the political arena.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Mar. 2025
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Officials did not break out a separate figure for the city of L.A. LAHSA officials released the early snapshot of the data amid a tumultuous public debate over the performance and future of the joint-powers agency created by the city and county in the 1990s to manage homelessness funds.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Arguments can grow heated, traps can be stolen and destroyed, and fights can break out.—
ByRefael Kubersky,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
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More footage circulating online shows clouds of smoke rising into the sky, visible from the nearby Boardwalk area just outside Epcot's gates.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Thai breakout star has risen to fame after landing his first major on-screen acting gig playing Gaitok on season 3 of The White Lotus.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Judge Justin Walker, a Trump appointee, issued a dissenting opinion in favor of the Justice Department.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The incident report was issued Tuesday at 10:18 p.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Wednesday at 4:25 a.m.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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So Is Trump being played or will something tangible emerge?—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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Wildfires explained by Ginger Zee Powerful winds and wildfire warnings persist in several states, with some areas still fighting existing flames, as a new cross-country storm emerges in the Pacific Northwest on Friday.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Outcrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrop. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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